What good or harm can be done by importing music that is worldly in origin into a house of worship? How can the exercise of taste in the making of art be a viable spiritual discipline?

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In exploring the complex relation between taste, religious imagination, and faith, Brown offers a new perspective on what it means to be spiritual, religious, and indeed Christian. Aesthetic Taste in Aesthetics.

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David Hume - - Indianapolis: Reviews "A provocative analysis, sure to open new lines of dialogue between artists and believers. If there is another treatment as extensive as this one, I am not aware of it As an intelligent and learned guide for those dealing with the use of art and music in the church, this book is, as far as I know, incomparable. Kerschner Professor of Religion and the Arts and Christian Theological Seminary, has written a book that is important for churches seeking to understand themselves better and to more faithfully express their common loyalty to Jesus Christ. Not only does it help in understanding the diversity of taste and contribute to an informed reflection on likes and dislikes in grassroots religious communities, but it also is a serious theological consideration of aesthetics for criticism and dialogue in the so-called secular world.

Not only does it help in understanding the diversity of taste and contribute to an informed reflection on likes and dislikes in grassroots religious communities, but it also is a serious theologicalconsideration of aesthetics for criticism and dialogue in the so-called secular world. Not only does it help inunderstanding the diversity of taste and contribute to an informed reflection on likes and dislikes in grassroots religious communities, but it also is a serious theological consideration of aesthetics for criticism and dialogue in the so-called secular world.

As an intelligent and learned guide for those dealing with the use of art and music in the church, this book is, as far as I know,incomparable.